Haggai 2:9 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Haggai 2:1-9

Here is, I. The date of this message, Hag. 2:1. It was sent on the twenty-first day of the seventh month, when the builders had been about a month at work (since the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month), and had got it in some forwardness. Note, Those that are hearty in the service of God shall receive fresh encouragements from him to proceed in it, as their case calls for them. Set the wheels a going, and God will oil them. II. The direction of this message, Hag. 2:2. The encouragements here... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Haggai 2:9

The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the Lord of hosts ,.... The "former", or first house, was the temple built by Solomon, which was a very glorious one, if we consider the vast treasure of riches laid up by David, and given to Solomon for the building of it; the great number of workmen employed in it; the stateliness of the fabric, the like to which was never seen, the model being drawn by the Lord himself; the decoration of it; the vessels in it; and,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Haggai 2:9

And in this place will I give peace - שלום shalom a peace-offering, as well as peace itself; or Jesus Christ, who is called the Prince of peace, through whom peace is proclaimed between God and man, between man and his fellows; and through whom peace is established in the disconsolate soul. And at this temple this peace was first promulgated and proclaimed. But it is said that the glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former. Now this cannot be said because Jesus... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Haggai 2:1-9

Part II . THE SECOND ADDRESS : THE GLORY OF THE NEW TEMPLE . Haggai 2:1-5 —§ 1. The prophet comforts whose who grieve at the comparative poverty of the new building with the assurance of the Divine protection and favour. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Haggai 2:1-9

Returning despondency and renewed stimulus. In these verses we have the third of the earnest addresses delivered by the devoted seer to these temple fbuilders. In the first ( Haggai 1:3-11 ) he reproved them for their neglect and stimulated them to the performance of their duty. In the second ( Haggai 1:13 ), in few words, a single pregnant sentence, indeed, he assured them of God's presence with them now that they had repented of their negligence and were prepared to consecrate... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Haggai 2:6-9

§ 2. The prophet, to reconcile the people to the new temple, and to touch them to value it highly, foretells a future time, when the glory of this house shall far exceed that of Solomon's, adumbrating the Messianic era. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Haggai 2:6-9

The prophet's Messianic prophecy. In studying the Old Testament, it is deeply interesting to trace therein the gradual development of the Messianic hope. Three distinct stages are observable. 1 . From the promise made at the Fall ( Genesis 3:15 ) until the death of Moses. The indefinite promise respecting "the Seed of the woman" was made more definite in the promise to Abraham ( Genesis 12:3 ), and was revealed still more explicitly in "the Prophet" who was declared by Moses as at... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Haggai 2:6-9

The moral progress of the world. "Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land," etc. Humanity is undoubtedly progressing in certain directions—in secular information, in scientific discoveries, in useful and ornamental arts, in the extension of commerce, in the principles of legislation. But whether it is progressing in moral excellence is undoubtedly questionable, and yet there is no real progress... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Haggai 2:9

The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former . Revised Version, following the Septuagint, "The latter glory of this house shall be greater than the former." "This house" means the temple at Jerusalem, regard not being paid to the special building ( Haggai 2:3 ), whether of Solomon, or Zerubbabel, or Herod. As understood by the hearers, this promise referred to the material fiches, the precious things offered by the Gentiles. To us it speaks of the promise of Christ,... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Haggai 2:9

The latter glory of this house; or, the glory that excelleth. I. THE HOUSE . 1 . The temple of Zerubbabel, then building, which, however, was regarded as a continuation of and as one with the temple of Solomon (cf. Haggai 2:3 ). 2 . The Christian Church, which on a similar principle of interpretation was viewed as an outcome and development of the Hebrew temple (cf. John 2:20 , John 2:21 ). II. THE GLORY . Called by Haggai "the latter glory" of this house,... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Haggai 2:1-9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Haggai 2:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Haggai 2:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Haggai 2:1-9

The Pulpit Commentary - Haggai 2:1-9

The Pulpit Commentary - Haggai 2:6-9

The Pulpit Commentary - Haggai 2:6-9

The Pulpit Commentary - Haggai 2:6-9

The Pulpit Commentary - Haggai 2:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Haggai 2:9

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